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Tea, followed by tea dance (3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cha-cha

'dance' is the definition.
(I know that cha-cha is a dance)

'tea followed by tea' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'followed by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'cha'+'cha'='CHA-CHA'

(Other definitions for cha-cha that I've seen before include "Modern ballroom dance from Latin America" , "Repetitive Latin American dance" , "Latin-American dance" , "certain steps" , "Latin American ballroom dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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